Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom

In this article the foreign language classroom in a Waldorf school is described as a space inviting active performative participation. It gives examples spanning the lower, middle and particularly the upper school, in which performative methods and creativity are specifically encouraged. The aim is...

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Main Author: Ulrike Sievers
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University College Cork 2022-08-01
Series:SCENARIO: Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research
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Online Access:https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/3874
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description In this article the foreign language classroom in a Waldorf school is described as a space inviting active performative participation. It gives examples spanning the lower, middle and particularly the upper school, in which performative methods and creativity are specifically encouraged. The aim is to involve the whole child and young person not only in reproducing but in producing actions in and through the foreign language, using methods such as enacting stories and pictures, producing and playing scenes, translating prose texts into scripts for plays, radio plays and story boards for film.
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spelling doaj.art-3e85fa6e052548eaa6f87b5fbd871e5a2024-02-21T15:51:14ZdeuUniversity College CorkSCENARIO: Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research1649-85262022-08-0116110.33178/scenario.16.1.9Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroomUlrike Sievers0Waldorfseminar Hamburg In this article the foreign language classroom in a Waldorf school is described as a space inviting active performative participation. It gives examples spanning the lower, middle and particularly the upper school, in which performative methods and creativity are specifically encouraged. The aim is to involve the whole child and young person not only in reproducing but in producing actions in and through the foreign language, using methods such as enacting stories and pictures, producing and playing scenes, translating prose texts into scripts for plays, radio plays and story boards for film. https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/3874WaldorfL2 learningMiddle and Upper schoolPerformative methodsCreativity
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Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
SCENARIO: Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research
Waldorf
L2 learning
Middle and Upper school
Performative methods
Creativity
title Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
title_full Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
title_fullStr Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
title_full_unstemmed Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
title_short Inviting performance into the English foreign language classroom
title_sort inviting performance into the english foreign language classroom
topic Waldorf
L2 learning
Middle and Upper school
Performative methods
Creativity
url https://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/3874
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